Re: Recent Professional Works 2

[JoeKitchen]

Joe, how do you find these places:)!

Ha!  I wish I could afford to buy these places!

That house was very nice, and, defiantly, my kind of place.  Simple and relaxing, yet sophisticated.  If only the nearest neighbor was at least a 100 yards away in all directions, it would have been prefect. 

Honestly, I shot four projects for that client this year, all being at that same level.  Actually the one prior was at least a $2.5M renovation (note "renovation," not new construction) row house.  Another was a shore house built right at the ocean on the beach; too many beach goers for me though.  I don't want to look outside my kitchen window and see the wrong person way to comfortable in their skin wearing something way to revealing, if you understand what I mean. 

This shore house will make it into my printed book; the others will be used for extras on any RFQs that fit the style.

Like I said, my kind of vacation house. 

[JoeKitchen]

Strawberry milk anyone?

[JoeKitchen]

And some chocolate milk. 

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Slurp!

I love them both, Joe.

[JoeKitchen]

Slurp!

I love them both, Joe.

Thanks Eric! 

Since it is getting later in the day, how about some beers!   

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

That's four different beers, with split personalities. 

[JoeKitchen]

And whatever the hell this would be?   

[BobDavid]

And whatever the hell this would be?   

Nice lighting. Is this a composite photo?

[JoeKitchen]

Nice lighting. Is this a composite photo?

Yes, it's a composite of about 8 captures. 

[JoeKitchen]

Bacardi's new satellite office in NYC.  Can you believe only 4 people work here!

[JoeKitchen]

And, well, because one terrace is just not enough! 

[alan_b]

Bacardi's new satellite office in NYC.  Can you believe only 4 people work here!

Nice work Joe

[MichaelEzra]

Unimpossible. New sculptural series of works with athletes without limits.

[pearlstreet]

And, well, because one terrace is just not enough!

Joe, I love this series. Wonderful!!

Sharon

[ErikKaffehr]

Nice, but I feel sorry for the artist…

Best regards
Erik

Unimpossible. New sculptural series of works with athletes without limits.

[JoeKitchen]

So my client really did not like the dusk shot I did of this building last time.  They felt it was not dramatic enough, both in composition and lighting, and pushed me to go back.  (I will admit that, even though the forecast did not say so, it did start raining the first time around and I needed to go in before it got dark enough to bring out the lighting inside and before the street lights went on.) 

I am glad I went back; I feel this image is much better. 

I also shot this with my other half's IQ260 to get a little more width from my SK 35mm.  I must say, at about 12 seconds, the noise from heat starts to really show.  I am surprised how much better the P45+ files are. 

[MichaelEzra]

Recent work for a client. I am new to this but loving it:)
Any suggestions are welcome!:)

[pearlstreet]

Recent work for a client. I am new to this but loving it:)
Any suggestions are welcome!:)

I wonder - you have such a beautiful style with your nudes, but you go off in completely different directions with all you other work. Do you ever consider bringing that style to your other work?

[MichaelEzra]

I wonder - you have such a beautiful style with your nudes, but you go off in completely different directions with all you other work. Do you ever consider bringing that style to your other work?

Hi Sharon, it is all the same me doing the work... I always liked doing many things at the same time, reading 5 books at the same time, etc.. I committed to photography this year and am simply exploring and learning directions where I can contribute productively. Nudes are ... cold, independent, withdrawn, a bit abstract, and I remove from them all noise to leave just the essence of the remaining sculpture. I enjoy the exploration of human soul and beauty while working on portraits. Architecture for me is just the world I always lived in, always admired it, so picturing it as beautiful as I can feels natural. Recently I started a couple of new series - Musical athletes - sculptural works with dancers and Unimpossilble- sculptural works with athletes without limits. In essence, sculptural aspect of nudes is being transferred there, but I feel comfortable using color in these series and this feels good (after 16 years or bw:) well, not counting landscapes)

[pearlstreet]

I would love to do more black and white architecture. I so admire Julius Shulman's work. I think your nude work is very beautiful with your use of light to create these wonderfully smooth textures. I was curious if you ever applied that to architecture. Good luck with all your ventures. You are certainly talented.